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Be it: known that 'I, WAL'ren O. 'Bnno a citizen of the United States, residing at Dalton, in the county of Berkshire and State of 'Massachusetts have invented; .ful pm mentsi reaper ing Master-Records for fMus which the following isaQSP eifEafi hI 1 controlling the operation of automatlc playing apparatusfor musical instruments. is a common practice to preparein; the first instance, in the case of any giveneomposition, a so-called master record by the use of itable du heating apparatus, any desiredtnurnberQo commercial music sheets or records be readily obtained. Such a master record, consisting; of a sheet or stri of thinrnaterial provided with perforations corresponding to the notesjof'the composition which it represents, is formed by punching perforations in the sheet note by note, and the'present invention relates particularly to apparatus for producing theserecords, being intended to provide an apparatusof this character wh h w l per terapidlyi with; a solute accuracy, and with a; minimum egpenditure of time and labor on thepart of the'operator. The apparatus, so far as ibis automatic in its actionyis. preferably operated electrically, and my invention includes certain features of construction and arrangement by means ofwhich such operation is provided for, to ether with various other features hereina ter set forth. These features maybe embodiedin various. fame;

my preferred ,Lconstruction: of the complete apparatus is illustrated: in theaconipanying drawings, in: which r 1 r Figure 1-is a front elevation of the complete apparatus; V Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same as viewed from the right hand end;

Fig. 3 is an end elevation, partlyin section, of certain parts shown in Fig. 2, drawn on a larger scale; w r an Fig.- 4 is; a planrieiw of the strip: ion which the recordis 'in-ade and-"the parts which earrvit; N

Fig. 5 is a front elevation ofa portion of the ke -board and associated pat-trimminafter ascribed; a.

Z In the manufacture of perforated I :sheets or records such as are emplogedrfor Isho elevation;

Fig, 6 is across section, on the line afa ln'E'lg. 5; 2 F1 7 and'8 are detailsections taken respective'lv on the lines 'b-fb "sanieeii,re

i seeki vi e n1- fli P nc ia r Fig. 12 is a front, of the punch and connected parts;

i 11 is an elevation, partly section,

Fig. 13 is a transverse section on the line i:

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showing a portion "tion, showing the mechan sm for forcing the i:

2b aredetail. views illustrat- I ing spring. contacts hereinafter described;

Fig, 21 is a plan view, partly in section,

showing the escapement for the stripieedmechanism V t Fig. 22 1s a section on the lin f'-f in V ig- 1 w vFig. 23' is an elevation.showing-ahand- 'eperatedidevice tor the strip "backfeedingdnechanism hereinafter described I 251cm Sheet: 3); is esee io n h a1; e eiieti ii of a a the lineg+g in A showmg'another portion .of the feeding m hanism;

glligfifi shows aportionof a master record roduced cn'themachinegfand' D 27 is a diagrannnatic view showing the electric connections which control the operationofiilleapparatuse 1;; I M

The supportingsframesvbrk ofrtlie apparatus illustrated intheidraw'ings con prlses end iu'prights2, ahollow bed 3 carried on the uppcrendscf the uprights 2, and a top lliflterfii supported; our brackets 5 and e semounted to slide horizontally on thebed*3 inifnriateraiz fiireetion', 'bemg; reccuratdy guided in its slidifig'morements byisurteblei 5 means such as a tapered iding rib 8,

which meets iegr raerea groove in the rear portion of the carriage Fig. 2, which are sem -ed tothe nndere ide of the carriage and fieartgiine fihe-iiiaer surfece of weer-hanging portions 1,0 91}v the "bed 3, 'sehif t6 H3 dfdci-iiitg T infilose conteet with thegni 'n r ib 8," jech- .traii 'ijtiitiiiii" the FE E be era at were swine egee elet sheer the by the dii'ectiombf movment is epicurately preseri ed, and mm thete geides 'it paeses over the flfiat'hed ifite of the car- 66 riage 7' to the front of e machinemhd i 1- m .1913 iii 1 n- V 15 from frbnt" to back s shfiwn in *ig 1, at the bottom of this openin the ciir'riage J d i e 7 $1 .81]

"' of the strip 11, these vide the feed shaft 26 with a hand-operated device for rotating it in a backward direction, which device is shown in Fig. 1 as applied to the left hand end of the shaft 26. This device consists, as shown in Fi 23, of a ratchet wheel 85 fixed to said shaft 26, a pair of arms 66 mounted loosely on the shaft on opposite sides of the ratchet wheel 85 and connected at their free ends by a pivot 87, and a hand lever 88 mounted to turn on said pivot and provided on one side of the same with a projection 89 adapted to engage the teeth of the ratchet wheel. Said hand lever normally hangs idle on the pivot 87, as shown in Fig. l, leaving the ratchet wheel 85 free to turn as the feed shaft 26 rotates in the forward direction, but if said hand lever is drawn forward its projection 89 will first engage said ratchet wheel and thereafter the forward movement of the lever will result in rotating the feed shaft '26 backward, which backward movement may be given any desired extent by moving the lever 88 successively backward and forward. During such backward movement of the shaft 26 the teeth of the ratchet wheel 77 will ride over the projection 72 on the hand lever 76, (if left in engagement therew1th,) which projection will then act as a sprmg pawl and will lock the shaft 26 against forward movement at the end of the backward movement imparted to it. It will thus beseen that the arresting of said shaft 26 W1ll always be accomplished by the hand lever 76, so that the space between the perforations representing successive notes in the str p 11 must always be exactly equal to the morement of movement imparted to sald strip whenever said hand lever 76 is operated, or to some multiple of such increment.

From the foregoing description it wlll be apparent that either the spring 4601 the weight 61 may be utilized at any time for rotating the feed shaft 26, and that in case the spring 46 is employed for this purpose it may be rendered temporarily ineffective whenever it is desired to back up the strip 11 or withdraw it from the machine. In case the weight 61 is employed for rotatlng the feed shaft 26, however, it will be necessary to allow said weight to drop until 1t rests upon the floor before the feed shaft can be released from the restraint normally imposed upon it by the escapement lever 76,

since otherwise said Wei ht would impart a.

continuous rotation to t e feed shaft 26 as soon as the latter was free from restraint.

The punch by means of which the str1p 11 is perforated, as well as the mechanism which operates the punch, is mounted on the punch carriage 7, by the transverse movements of which said punch is shifted laterally and thus brought into any desired position over the strip 11 with respect to the width of the latter, according to the position on the key-board of the note corresponding to the perforations that are to be formed by any given operation of the punch. In a nmstci' record of the character shown in Fig. 26, each note is represented either by a single perforation or by a series of similar perforations located at equal distances apart and proportionate in number to the duration of the corresponding note, such a master record being distinguished from the duplicute records which are produced from it in this respect, that a series of perforations corresponding to a given note in the master record is reproduced in each duplicate record as a continuous slot of proportionate length. Accordingly, in the apparatus illustrated in the drawings a punch is employed which is adapted to form any desired number of the small perforations above referred to, within the necessary limits, by a single punching operation. This punch, as shown in Figs. 12 and 13, consists of a series of pins 99 located one directly behind the other and secured at their upper ends to a block 91 with the lower ends of the pins arranged at different elevations, step fashion, as shown in Fig. 13. The pins 90 thus constitute a series of small punches, each of which is adapted to form a corresponding perforation in the strip, and the number of such perforations formed by a given stroke of the punch will evidently depend upon the extent of the downward movement imparted to the punch. The block 91 is detachably secured in the lower end of a vertically movable head 92, with its pins 90 extending vertically downward therefrom, and these pins pass through corresponding perforations in an arm 93 secured to the carriage 7 and located above and close to the strip 11, and thence into alined perforations in the bed plate of the carriage. Each pin 90 is thus guided during its punching action by the corresponding perforations in the arm 93 at a point close to the work, so that lateral displacement of the lower ends of said pins is efl'ectively prevented and the perforations produced thereb are kept in exact alinement. The hea 92 slides between vertical guides 94 secured to the carriage 7 and is moved upward and downward by means of a toothed wheel 95 journaled on said carriage and meshing with a rack 96 on the head 92 and with another rack 97 on a hori zontally-movable bar 98, which bar is also mounted on the carriage 7 and is provided with means for reciprocating it in a horizontal direction to rotate the wheel 95.

In order to provide for varying the extent of downward movement of the punch so as to form any desired number of perforations in the strip 11 by a single stroke of the punch, the following mechanism is employed. A bar 99 is mounted to slide horizontelly in suitable guideson the .punclrcarriage 7, as shown in Fig. 1-1, and 1s connected by a link 100 with a crank pin 101 carried by two disks 102 and 103, said disks 5 being secured to a shaft 101 whieh is positively rotated as hereinafterdescribed. The front end of the bar 99 (which isits right hand end as viewed from the front of tie ll'lilClll-HB and its left he d end as seen in Fig. 1.4) is provided at its bottom with a horizontal extension 105 from the side edges of which rise two uprights 106 having inwardly projecting front edges forming guides. These guides enter vertical grooves loTforined inthe sides of an abutment 108, so that said abutment is adapted toslideverticallyon the guides. The rear edge of the abutinentis provided with a vertlcal rack 100 meshing with a pinion 110, which is socured to a short shaft 111 journaled in the uprights 100 and projecting thei.'ef1;'o;ln toward the front of the machine, where said shaft carries a graduated dish 112, while the front edge of said abutment is provided 25.n'ith a slantins series of notches 113, the horizontal distance between the vertical faces of adjacent notches bein equal to the vertical distance between the ower ends of adjacent punch pins 90. The abutment 108. 89, and the uprights 106 pass through andhre adapted to move horizontally in a vertical slot 11-1 formed in the bar 98, and within said s1ot114, and in rent of thenotehed front ed ge of the abutment 108, is rigidlyv secni ed a' block 115 having its rear e ge, provide with a series of notches 116 corresponding exactly in size and arrrangementwith the notches on said abutment .108. Atthe rear end of the slot 114 the bar 98 ,is rovided 40 with inwardly-extending lips 117 w ieh pass behind the rear edges of the uprights 106.

lVhen the parts just described are. in the position shown in Fig.14the bar9,9 is at the rearward limit of its movement; and ifsaid 4t; bar is forced forward by the retetioii of the shaft 104' the uprigh 106,;an'd"the.,abut-. merit 108 carried there y willmove ifor waif with it withoutinoving theber 98 until the notched ed e. of seid abutment comesin leon'fi 5 tact with tie .corres onding lynotehed edge of the bloc .115, wliereuponfthe cohtinued forwnrd movement of th her 99nd gene the her ,98 ahead of it ,an'd thus retate the toothed wheel 95 and force the unehthi'eilgl the world The extent of the down ard, movement thus imparted to the punchlinw evid ntly be varied b. 'r .tati n thegrae uate disk 112 fand'tliierhy ad jjusting the abutment 108 .vertieally, siifie .said 'abutj ment ismovfed'upward it wi have agr eater amount .0; free motion before. it .e igeges, the blockgllfi then ifit is niWed dgiwnward, and a correspondingly less numbenof pins 9Q.. w,ill be forced throughihe strip 11 inthe 65. forrner case than in the lattericese. When 7 the bf p ilg is drnwn b: ckward a ain by the hull 0 lIQM/Q'VOJ', the arlldwil always be brought back to a certain definite )osition, irrespective of the adjustment of tile abutn ent, by the engugeinent of its inwardlyturned lips117 by the rear edges of the uprights 100, the extent of movement of which is in v irieple and all the pins 00, therefore, w ll he 1i: :te above the Work at the end of eaeh ret irn stroke, regardless of the number, of said pins which heve been forced through the 'worl r during that stroke. Thus by tucningthe greduttted dislg112, the opegeter ms y co'ntro theaction' of the punch in such na n ti es to produce any given nun lher o peror et ons in the stri 3 11 by a sing pperetion of th e pu nch an in order to ass st theopera or. in setting the disk 112 the graduationsi ereon are marked to indieate' 'the. length or time equivalent of vari. us noit ii correspondence with the nun er .o per orations which will represent thfi respeptive notes on the master record. fixed pointer 118, secured to one ofthe uprights106, shows the setting of the disk 112 athny given instant.

l i1;the;.pupch is withdrawn from the we lc, e g'i idipg am 93 acts as a stripper an thus .lprevehtsIte strip 11 from being llfited bed plate of the punch carriageby the'xviithdraiy'al of the punch, F lat plet es dig segured to thepuneh carriage 7 on opposite sl'desof the punch and located slightly at vethe bed plate of the carriage, serve to ho d tl ieedg'eportions of the strip 11 o vvn upon s'eid bed plate Without interfering with thel teral novementsof the carriage with respec" c said strip.

A i'ini portant ipdntion of iny invention relate's to the n eans jeinplo ed for shifting the punch carriage latera ly and locating the same'in 'prp er ipqsi'tion to'punch the pe' rtomlt ons in t str p 11 corresponding to s g yen note, th s being done after the opemtor ,hies set an index, hereinafter described; to'indie-ate' such note on a suitable lneel'reni sinsheniployed for this purpose, as welj as certain other portions of the apgataitus e gelpre erebly operated electhe if m will describe these parts o I t a p retus as preferabl constructed.

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